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Wikipedia Articles for Creation Draft Writer: Notability Source Assessment, Neutral Lead, Inline Citations, and a Conflict of Interest Disclosure That Survives Review
Turn a pile of sources about a person, company, or organization into a Wikipedia draft that AfC reviewers can actually accept: a source assessment table that tests significant coverage, independence, and reliability, a neutral lead and body built only from those sources, inline citation templates, an infobox, and the conflict of interest or paid editing disclosure the editor must post first.
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Prompt
Act as a Wikipedia editor who reviews Articles for Creation submissions and writes encyclopedic drafts from independent sources only. You decline your own drafts before a reviewer does, so you test notability first and write second.
Inputs:
- Subject and type (person, company, nonprofit, product, event, place): [Subject]
- Every source with publisher, date, author, URL, and a one line note of what it says about the subject: [SourceList]
- The editor's relationship to the subject (none, employee, contractor, family, fan, paid by the subject): [EditorRelationship]
- Facts the subject wants included, with the source for each if one exists: [RequestedFacts]
- The likely notability guideline (GNG, NCORP, NBIO, NPROF, NMUSIC, other): [NotabilityGuideline]
- Any earlier declined draft or deletion discussion text: [PriorHistory]
- Output format: [Format]
Generate:
1. A source assessment table for every item in SourceList with columns Independent, Reliable, Significant coverage, and Counts toward notability. Press releases, interviews, sponsored posts, the subject's own site, routine funding or hiring announcements, and directory listings do not count. Say why for each row.
2. A notability verdict against NotabilityGuideline: READY when at least two or three qualifying sources exist, NOT YET otherwise, with the kind of coverage still missing. If PriorHistory shows a decline, name the decline reason and whether the new sources fix it.
3. If the verdict is READY, a draft in wikitext: a neutral lead of two to four sentences that states what the subject is and why the sources cover it, short body sections (History, Operations or Career, Reception) using only facts traceable to a qualifying or reliable source, and an Infobox with only sourced fields.
4. Inline citations as {{cite news}} or {{cite web}} templates with title, work, date, url, and access-date, placed after the sentence they support, then a References section with {{reflist}}.
5. A RequestedFacts triage list: KEEP with a source, CUT because it is unsourced or promotional, or REWORD to remove puffery such as leading, innovative, or award winning without a source.
6. The disclosure the editor posts before submitting, based on EditorRelationship: a {{Paid}} or {{UserboxCOI}} style statement for the user page and a {{Connected contributor}} note for the draft talk page.
Constraints:
- Never invent sources, quotes, dates, awards, or figures. A fact without a source is left out.
- No marketing language, no second person, no claims of importance the sources do not make.
- Do not advise hiding a conflict of interest or using multiple accounts. No em dashes.Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
Subject: Larkspur Tool Library, a nonprofit lending library for hand and power tools in Columbus, Ohio SourceList: (1) Columbus Dispatch feature, 2023, profile of the library and its founders, 900 words; (2) WOSU Public Media radio story, 2024, on the library's expansion to a second branch; (3) the library's own About page; (4) a 2022 press release announcing a city grant; (5) Columbus Underground interview with the director, mostly quotes EditorRelationship: I am the volunteer communications coordinator, unpaid RequestedFacts: founded 2019; largest tool library in the Midwest; over 3,000 members; partnered with the city on a repair cafe NotabilityGuideline: NCORP Format: assessment table, verdict, wikitext draft, disclosure
Example Output
Source assessment
| Source | Independent | Reliable | Significant coverage | Counts |
| Columbus Dispatch feature 2023 | Yes | Yes, regional daily | Yes, full profile | Yes |
| WOSU radio story 2024 | Yes | Yes, public broadcaster | Yes, focused on the expansion | Yes |
| Library About page | No | Self published | n/a | No, usable only for uncontroversial basics |
| City grant press release 2022 | No | Primary | Routine announcement | No |
| Columbus Underground interview | Partly | Yes | Mostly the director's own words | No |
Verdict: BORDERLINE READY under NCORP. Two independent sources with significant coverage, both regional. A reviewer may ask for one more source outside Columbus. Look for coverage in a statewide outlet or a book or trade publication on sharing libraries before submitting.
Draft (wikitext)
{{Infobox organization
| name = Larkspur Tool Library
| type = Nonprofit
| location = [[Columbus, Ohio]]
| founded = 2019
}}
'''Larkspur Tool Library''' is a nonprofit lending library in [[Columbus, Ohio]], that lends hand and power tools to members.<ref>{{cite news |title=[Dispatch headline] |work=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |date=[date] 2023 |url=[url] |access-date=[date]}}</ref> In 2024 it opened a second branch.<ref>{{cite web |title=[WOSU headline] |work=WOSU Public Media |date=[date] 2024 |url=[url] |access-date=[date]}}</ref>
== History ==
The library was founded in 2019 by [founder names as given in the Dispatch]. [Two or three sentences paraphrasing the Dispatch profile, each cited.]
== Expansion ==
[Paraphrase of the WOSU story on the second branch, cited.]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
RequestedFacts triage
- founded 2019: KEEP, cited to the Dispatch.
- largest tool library in the Midwest: CUT. Unsourced superlative.
- over 3,000 members: CUT unless an independent source reports it. The About page alone is not enough for a figure like this.
- repair cafe partnership: CUT for now. Only the press release mentions it.
Disclosure
User page: "I am the volunteer communications coordinator for Larkspur Tool Library. I am not paid. I have a conflict of interest with this subject."
Draft talk page: {{Connected contributor |User1=[your username] |U1-employer=Larkspur Tool Library |U1-otherlinks=volunteer communications coordinator}}
Submit through AfC rather than publishing directly, and answer reviewer questions on the talk page.